oct.- — dec. 1857.] A list of Neilgh&rry Ferns. 



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Individuals may, and some must, of necessity suffer from such 

 changes as these, but no man can doubt the ultimate benefit to the 

 country ; and if the change be necessary there is in this country 

 some satisfaction in the thought, that a new, and, we may hope, a 

 more enlightened and enterprising class will owe their rise to the 

 Railways, while the opportunity will not be lost of introducing into 

 the towns thus springing up a new, more healthy, and more civiliz- 

 ed description of dwelling. 



VII. A List of Neilgherrtj Ferns, By the late Dr. B # 



SCHMID. 



[These Ferns were partly collected by Dr. B. Schmid in the 

 years 1831-35 for Professor Zenker of Jena; partly by Dr. Weigle 

 for Dr. Kurr of Stuttgart, and the Lycopodiacese by Mr. Perrottet. 



They were described by Professor Kunze, in the Linnsea, Vol, 



VIII. , July 1851. The Professor's last labour before his death ; 

 The capital S. indicates that the plant was found by Schmid him- 

 self, and W. that it had been collected by Weigle.] 



Ophioglosseje. 



1. Ophioglossum Schmidii, (Kunze,) Nova species, sent by S. 



2. Botrychium lanuginosum, (Wallich) sent by S. and W. 



Gleicheniaceje. 



3. Mertensia dichotoma, (Sw. syn. fil.) sent by S. and W. 

 Syn. Gleichenia dichotoma, (Hooker sp. nl. 1, p. 12.) 



QSMTTNDACEJE. 



4. Osmunda regalis, (Linn.) S. Baron Hugel found it in Emo- 



dus. 



Polypodiace^e. 



5. Acrostichum angulatum, S. Blume in Java. 



6. „ decurrens, (Desv.) Philippines and Nilagiri in 

 Wallich' s herbarium.') 



3. Gleichenia Eermamii, Wall, 4. Osmunda Leschenaultii, Wall.—- Ed. 



